The textbook すごい gets squeezed two ways: すげえ (-goi turns into -gee) and すご！ (cut off mid-word in surprise).
すごい is fine anywhere. すげえ is casual, mostly men’s speech; すご！ is a clipped gasp.
Someone threatens to punch classmates one at a time until another student agrees to show something.
If you want me to stop, show me something way more amazing.
Textbookやめてほしければ、もっとすごいものを見せてみてください。'すごい' becomes 'すげえ' (the 'oi' merges into a rough 'ee'); also 'もの'→'もん' and the plain command '見せてみろ'.
At an apartment viewing, someone looks the place over closely, commenting as they go.
Whoa.
Textbookすごいですね。In rough casual speech the 'oi' ending of 「すごい」 fuses into a long 'ee': 「すげえ」; polite 「ですね」 is dropped.
After mixing up Shimoike's name, a band member finally gets Shimoike's attention to pass on news about a new song.
Tsuchiya came in with a really great song.
Textbook土屋さんが、すごくいい曲を書いてきたんですよ。「すげえ」 is 「すごい」 with 「ごい」 slurred to 「げえ」. Here it means 'really' before 「いい」, standing in for the adverb 「すごく」.
In a musical sketch about an overly passionate teacher, one partner complains that the other brought things down far too much.
Culture note 'Dancing Hero' is Yōko Oginome's 1985 disco hit, which became popular again after a 2017 high-school dance-club video.
Man, that's incredible, it dropped so much!
Textbook下がりすぎていて、本当にすごいですね。'すげー' comes from 'すごい': the '-oi' ending fuses into a long '-ee' ('げー'), a rough casual pronunciation; 'な' adds exclamation.
A woman mentions she often brings guys back to her apartment, then invites one inside.
Culture note In Japanese, マンション (manshon) means an apartment or condo building, not a mansion.
Whoa, amazing!
Textbookえ、すごいですね。'すごい' becomes 'すげえ': the 'oi' ending slides into a long 'ee', a casual, mostly male exclamation of surprise.
Two performers are hosting a segment, and one's over-excited bit has just come off as creepy to the other.
This is seriously amazing!
Textbookこれはすごいんですよ。'すごい' becomes 'すげぇ': the 'oi' sound fuses into a long 'ee', a rough, casual style. 'んだよ' adds emphasis.
From other routines in the library. Automatic transcripts, not yet checked line by line.
すげえ／すご！ means “wow / amazing”. The textbook すごい gets squeezed two ways: すげえ (-goi turns into -gee) and すご！ (cut off mid-word in surprise).
With friends: OK. With coworkers: careful. With a boss or teacher: avoid. すごい is fine anywhere. すげえ is casual, mostly men’s speech; すご！ is a clipped gasp.
In 1,905 live comedy routines, すげえ／すご！ appears in 186 lines from 92 comedians, and the textbook すごいですね in 1,137 lines.